SunTrust's top Florida executive plans to retire

Thomas G. Kuntz, SunTrust Bank Inc.'s highest-ranking Florida executive, announced that he plans to retire in December after 35 years with the bank.

For the last eight years Kuntz was based out of Orlando and helped navigate the bank through the boom and bust of the real estate market, the Orlando Sentinel said. CEO Bill Rogers told the Sentinel that Kuntz's work at the bank has been exemplary and he is an "ambassador of our brand through his leadership in the community."

Kuntz's next move with the bank will be to serve on the advisory board of directors for SunTrust's Central Florida organization. Robinson Humphrey will take on the role of chief of the corporate and investment banking unit, a position that Kuntz held, but the bank has not named a new top executive in Florida.